A great film portraying a true story of human suffering beyond our imagination.

Rating: 10/10 (15 September 2005)

The first film that I have seen with an all international cast.Having watched hundreds of films with those same actors it was refreshing to see them all come together in such a tremendous story. I get the video out every ANZAC day to remind me that the people they portrayed must have gone through hell to bring some normality back to the world. It was also good to see both sides of the story. John Wayne was one of my heroes and to see him in a military roll after seeing him in so many westerns took a bit of getting used to. Also Eddie Albert(Green Acres) was interesting in a military role. The story portrayed made me realize that we are fortunate to have had such brave men and woman who were prepared to die for our freedom and sadly today I doubt if we would find the same commitment in New Zealand.